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Winterplace Family Festival

By Shannon O'Donnell January 18, 2023

We are excited to announce Winterplace will be hosting it's first Family Festival. We can't wait to see everyone on the slopes, having fun in the park, and enjoying our 40th Anniversary Season! Two full days are stocked full of ski, snowboard and tubing fun, activities and food. You can look forward to the first Family Race and Mini Big Air Contest of the season. They will also have face painting, costume contests, chainsaw carving, live music and food trucks! It's all happening at Winterplace this weekend! 

Saturday, January 21st

9:00am

Hilltop Coffee Company

9:00am-5:00pm

Snowtubing Costume Contest- Snap a photo of your costume and tag our Instagram, @skiwinterplace. The photo with the most "likes" will receive a free tubing ticket!

9:00am-9:00pm

Scavenger Hunt

11:00am-1:00pm

Family Race Registration upstairs at the Resort Center

11:00am-3:00pm

Happy Little Faces face painting will be upstairs at the Resort Center giving everyone the happiest faces on the mountain. Stop by for hot chocolate, cookies and the perfect face for the snow!

11:00am-4:00pm

George's Italian Grill Food Truck will be here with assorted soups and your nacho and taco fix.

11:00am-5:00pm

Mister Crabs Boil Truck will be here serving up crab leg baskets, shrimp baskets, seafood boils, stew, chili and shrimp po-boys.

12:00pm

The Mason Dixon Boys will be doing chainsaw carvings. Swing by and check out these professional chainsaw carvers and maybe take a carving home with you!

1:00pm-2:00pm

Family Race Practice Laps

1:00pm-4:00pm

Live Music from Matt Mullins at The Snowdrift Lounge

1:00pm-6:00pm

Weathered Ground Brewery Tap Takeover at the Snow Drift Lounge

2:00pm

Family Race

This season we are starting Family Races at Winterplace. These races will consist of teams of one parent and one child under the age of 12. Both members of your team will get two runs. We will keep the time of your best runs combined. Family Races take place on the Panorama/Glades Trail. Registration will be on the second floor of the Resort Center from 11:00am-1:00pm. Registered teams can get in some practice laps from 1:00pm-2:00pm. The race will begin at 2:00pm!

3:00pm-5:00pm

A visit with Elsa at The Mountain House~Let it snow!

 

Sunday, January 22nd

9:00am

Hilltop Coffee Company at the Mountain House

9:00am-5:00pm

Snowtubing Costume Contest- Snap a photo of your costume and tag our Instagram, @skiwinterplace. The photo with the most "likes" will receive a free tubing ticket!

9:00am-9:00pm

Scavenger Hunt (more details coming soon!)

11:00am-1:00pm

Mini Big Air Contest Registration on the second floor of the Resort Center

11:00am-4:00pm

George's Italian Grill Food Truck will be here with assorted soups and your nacho and taco fix.

11:00am-5:00pm

Mister Crabs Boil Truck will be here serving up crab leg baskets, shrimp baskets, seafood boils, stew, chili and shrimp po-boys.

12:00pm

The Mason Dixon Boys will be doing chainsaw carvings. Swing by and check out these professional chainsaw carvers and maybe take a carving home with you!

1:00pm-2:00pm

Mini Big Air Contest practice laps at Heaven Holler Park

1:00pm-4:00pm

Live Music from Jonah Carden at The Snowdrift Lounge

2:00pm

Mini Big Air Contest at Heaven Holler Park

This Big Air Contest is for shredders up to 12 years old. Taking place at our new Heaven Holler Terrain Park. Registration will be on the second floor of the Resort Center from 11:00am-1:00pm. Participants will have one hour to get in some practice laps from 1:00pm-2:00pm. The contest will consist of three runs per participant and be crowd judged. The top 3 boys and girls will be awarded some cool resort prizes! Come join in on the fun or just watch, either way it will be a great time!

You can learn more at https://www.winterplace.com/